A 22-month-old girl was found dead in a minivan at a New Jersey commuter rail station lot Friday afternoon.“Once I got the call, I thought it was a joke,” Nasir Lawrence told CBS Philadelphia. “I pretty much broken down and lost my mind.”Lawrence said his daughter, 2-year-old Milliani Robertson-Lawrence, had been in the care of her aunt and uncle. Officials with the Pennsylvania-New Jersey rapid-transit system said the child was found Friday afternoon in a locked vehicle in the lot in Lindenwold and could not be resuscitated by emergency responders. High temperatures that afternoon reached the upper 80s.Investigators estimate the girl may have been left inside the van for more than eight hours.“What did you do for eight hours that you forgot a 2-year-old? Exactly what were you doing at the PATCO station?” Lawrence said. “You killed my daughter. You took her from me.”Lawrence had been serving jail time for the past 18 months and was trying to regain custody when he got the news.“I’ve done everything I was told to do,” Lawrence told NBC Philadelphia. “Parenting classes. Psych evals. Anger management counseling. I’ve done drug tests and I’m still getting denied.” Camden County prosecutors, Lindenwold police and Delaware River Port Authority officials said in a joint statement that no charges were immediately filed and the investigation continues. Anyone with information is urged to call investigators.The PATCO Hi-Speedline operates daily service between Lindenwold in South Jersey and Center City Philadelphia with 10.5 million riders annually."I will be following this all the way to the end," Lawrence said. "I am not going to stop until I get justice for my daughter."

LINDENWOLD, N.J. —

A 22-month-old girl was found dead in a minivan at a New Jersey commuter rail station lot Friday afternoon.

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“Once I got the call, I thought it was a joke,” Nasir Lawrence told CBS Philadelphia. “I pretty much broken down and lost my mind.”

Lawrence said his daughter, 2-year-old Milliani Robertson-Lawrence, had been in the care of her aunt and uncle.

Officials with the Pennsylvania-New Jersey rapid-transit system said the child was found Friday afternoon in a locked vehicle in the lot in Lindenwold and could not be resuscitated by emergency responders. High temperatures that afternoon reached the upper 80s.

Investigators estimate the girl may have been left inside the van for more than eight hours.

“What did you do for eight hours that you forgot a 2-year-old? Exactly what were you doing at the PATCO station?” Lawrence said. “You killed my daughter. You took her from me.”

Lawrence had been serving jail time for the past 18 months and was trying to regain custody when he got the news.

Camden County prosecutors, Lindenwold police and Delaware River Port Authority officials said in a joint statement that no charges were immediately filed and the investigation continues. Anyone with information is urged to call investigators.

The PATCO Hi-Speedline operates daily service between Lindenwold in South Jersey and Center City Philadelphia with 10.5 million riders annually.

"I will be following this all the way to the end," Lawrence said. "I am not going to stop until I get justice for my daughter."